Romania's Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) on Thursday filed three challenges with the Constitutional Court against amendments to the ordinances on the referendum and on the duties of the Court, and against a law whereby a referendum's voting schedule is set through a government decision.
Romanian state-owned railway operators owe energy suppliers 1.2 billion lei (EUR275.6 million), and the Government allotted RON400 million at the end of 2011 to pay overdue bills, former Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Friday.
Former social democrat senator Emilian Cutean has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Bucharest Court of Appeals for defrauding the government of over 200,000 lei (EUR45,998) during his term as head of the State Secretariat for the Problems of Revolutionaries (SSPR).
The European Commission’s report under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Romania will be adopted Wednesday, EC spokesman Mark Gray told MEDIAFAX Monday.
Romanian President Traian Basescu invited parliamentary parties for separate talks Monday starting 3 p.m. on appointing a new prime minister, following Emil Boc’s resignation.
Jurnalismul este o meserie. E un domeniu de care îmi este drag şi care mă interesează şi mă întristează ce i se întâmplă la momentul actual. Este o meserie care te epuizează vizibil într-un interval de timp foarte scurt. Principala capcană ca jurnalist este să nu-ţi dai seama că domeniul se schimbă foarte repede şi să consideri că, dacă odată ai fost bun, vei fi aşa mereu. Altă capcană este să ajungi să crezi că nu se poate face jurnalism de calitate. Se poate, iar acum este cel mai mult nevoie de jurnalism de calitate
Over 1,500 miners at the seven coal mines located in the Jiu Valley, southwestern Romania, staged a spontaneous protest Wednesday and refused to go down, while others barricaded themselves underground.
Romania has lifted the bad weather alert for heavy snowfall and blizzards in all regions, except for the southeastern counties of Tulcea and Constanta, which will remain under a yellow code advisory for gusty wind, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday.
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called on the ministers of Defense and Transport to use military equipment, including army tanks, for emergency snow removal.
Romanian laid off military staff have rallied Tuesday morning in Bucharest’s Victoriei square to show solidarity with the anti-government protesters who have been demonstrating countrywide for almost two weeks.
The Romanian opposition Social Liberal Union might to go on parliamentary strike for 30 days, as the ruling coalition discarded opposition’s demands, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.
Victor Ponta, leader of the Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party, said Wednesday the party will participle in the anti-government protest rally and march planned by the opposition Social Liberal Union.
Dr. Raed Arafat, who resigned prom the position of Health Ministry deputy secretary of state last week, will return to the ministry to fill the same position, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.
Romania’s health minister will set up a team tasked with drafting a new healthcare bill, with input from social partners, associations of patients and doctors, Prime Minister Emil Boc told a news conference Monday.
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called on Interior Minister Traian Igas to order measures against people who will engage in acts of violence during protests, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.
Tudor Ciuhodaru was released Thursday from the position of honorific adviser with the Romanian Health Ministry, two days after appointment, ministry spokeswoman Oana Grigore told MEDIAFAX.
Andrei Georgescu, head of the emergency room of the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, told MEDIAFAX Wednesday he accepted his appointment as Health Ministry deputy secretary of state to replace Raed Arafat who resigned Tuesday.
Romania will ask the European Commission to explain if the decision of nine EU member states to keep work restrictions for Romanians is justified considering that, under the country’s EU Acession Treaty, such a measure may be taken only in exceptional cases.
About two thirds (67%) of Romanians consider that corruption in the country increased in 2011, 6% believe it decreased and 26% say the level of corruption remained unchanged, according to a survey conducted at the request of the Association Implementing Democracy.
The Romanian Regional Development Ministry will demolish about 100 illegal buildings in tourist resorts, most of them located on the Black Sea coast, and building owners will cover demolishing costs, ministry spokesman Bogran Oprea told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.
The Romanian Government rejected local authorities’ proposition to raise local taxes by up to 50% next year, Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu said Tuesday evening.
The agreement between the United States and Romania on the deployment of a U.S. ballistic missile defense system in southern Romania has taken effect Friday, December 23, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a press release.
The Romanian Government will analyze the feasibility of reducing workforce costs only after it makes sure the country achieved macroeconomic stability, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.
Pro TV a fost lider de audienţă pe toate segmentele de public, marţi seară, cu emisiunea "Vocea României", când opt voci remarcabile au fost alese să meargă mai departe în competiţie, informează televiziunea.
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday Renault is one of the most stable investments on the local market, and added that a relocation of the French carmaker’s Dacia production in Morocco in the future is out of the question.